Carl H. Smith

Carl Herring Smith (November 18, 1880 – July 18, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and athletic director at the high school and college level.

Smith was born on November 18, 1880 in Gouverneur, New York. He graduated from the Colgate Academy in 1900 and attended Colgate University, where he was captain of the school's football and basketball teams and was a member of the baseball and track teams.

After returning to the MacKenzie School for a year, Smith entered the college ranks with St. Lawrence University, where he coached four sports. From 1918 to 1919, he was a military instructor at the Potsdam Normal School. He also taught physiology and hygiene as well as instructing in special summer school courses. He revived Bates' basketball program and coached the school's baseball team to a state championship in 1920. He resigned in 1922 and was succeeded by Oliver Cutts. That fall, Smith became the head men's basketball coach at Middlebury College. He then returned to the high school ranks, first at the Wardlaw School, then at Millburn High School. He was survived by eight of his ten children. His wife, the former Ray Huntington Barns, predeceased him.